Minnesota
General Election
Tuesday, November 5, 2024, 7:00 AM – 8:00 PM
| Voter Registration Deadline | 10/15/2024 |
| Online Voter Registration? | ✓ Yes |
| Complete Vote By Mail Online? | ✓ Yes |
| Complete Voter Registration Online? | ✓ Yes |
| Same-Day In-Person Registration + Voting | ✓ Yes |
| In-Person Absentee/Early Voting Period | 9/20/2024-11/5/2024 — absentee ballots can be returned to the office that issued them until 8pm 11/5 — same time as polls close for the general election; mailed absentee ballots must be recevied by 11/5 |
| Absentee/Vote By Mail Eligibility | All eligible voters |
| Absentee/Vote By Mail Begins | 8/20/2024 |
| Absentee/Vote By Mail Deadline | 5:00 PM on 11/4/2024 (in-person early voting) 8:00 PM on 11/5/2024 (returning absentee ballots in person) 11/5/2024 (mailed absentee ballot receipt deadline) |
| ID needed to Early Vote? | No (Only need ID for same day voter registration) |
Candidate Comparison
Senate
Amy Klobuchar (D)
Royce White (R)
| Klobuchar cosponsored the PRO Act, which will strengthen the right to organize and protect workers who fight for better wages, benefits, and safer workplaces. [1] | White has been critical of unions, saying “I am not in on their scam, like so many other professional politicians that the unions hold in their pockets.” White has not offered a plan for how he would bring better wages, benefits, and safer workplaces. [4] |
| Klobuchar voted for the American Rescue Plan, which protects the pensions of hardworking people including more than 200,000 UFCW members. She also wrote the provision of the Inflation Reduction Act that allows Medicare to negotiate reduced prescription drug prices. [2] | White has not commented on the American Rescue Plan. White has said he wants universal mental health coverage but has not addressed other forms of health care or lowering the cost of prescription drug prices. [5] |
| Klobuchar cosponsored a bill to increase take-home pay for hard working people by creating a tax deduction for expenses and union dues. Klobuchar also sponsored a bill that will make housing more affordable. [3] | White has not taken a position on number of key bills that impact workers. He has supported fringe and conspiratorial claims that could hurt working people. [6] |
CHECK THE FACTS:
- U.S. Senate, Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2023, S 567, 118th Cong., introduced 2/28/23, Congress.gov, https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/567/cosponsors;”How the PRO Act restores workers’ right to unionize”, Economic Policy Institute, 2/4/2021, https://www.epi.org/publication/pro-act-problem-solution-chart/;
- U.S. Senate, Roll Call 110, American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, HR 1319, 117th Cong., 3/6/21, Senate.gov, https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1171/vote_117_1_00110.htm;”FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces Historic Relief to Protect Hard-Earned Pensions of Hundreds of Thousands of Union Workers and Retirees”, The White House, 12/8/2022, https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/12/08/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-historic-relief-to-protect-hard-earned-pensions-of-hundreds-of-thousands-of-union-workers-and-retirees/
“The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Endorses Senator Sherrod Brown for Reelection”, SherrodBrown.com, 4/19/2024, https://www.sherrodbrown.com/2024/04/19/the-united-food-and-commercial-workers-international-union-endorses-senator-sherrod-brown-for-reelection/;
“Klobuchar statement on signing into law of Inflation Reduction Act,” 8/16/22, Klobuchar.Senate.gov, https://www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2022/8/klobuchar-statement-on-signing-into-law-of-inflation-reduction-act;
UFCW Internal Calculation;
- U.S. Senate, Tax Fairness for Workers Act, S 1157, 117th Cong., introduced 4/15/21, Congress.gov, https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1157;U.S. Senate, Housing Supply and Affordability Act, S 902, 117th Cong., introduced 3/23/21, Congress.gov, https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/902;
“Klobuchar, Kaine introduce legislation to address nationwide housing shortage,” 2/1/24, Kaine.Senate.gov, https://www.kaine.senate.gov/press-releases/klobuchar-kaine-introduce-legislation-to-address-nationwide-housing-shortage;
- “Issues,” accessed 8/14/24, RoyceWhite.us, https://roycewhite.us/issues/;
- “Issues,” accessed 8/14/24, RoyceWhite.us, https://roycewhite.us/issues/;”NBA player Royce White: mental health revolutionary,” 2/13/13, TheNation.com, https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/nba-player-royce-white-mental-health-revolutionary/;
- “Issues,” accessed 8/14/24, RoyceWhite.us, https://roycewhite.us/issues/;”Royce White: A candidate’s controversial path from NBA to Maga,” 8/14/24, BBC.com, https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20r412qeydo ;